Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin | |
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  Pleasant Ridge, Wisconsin | |
| Coordinates: 42°49′52″N 90°48′47″W / 42.83111°N 90.81306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Grant |
| Elevation | 1,014 ft (309 m) |
Pleasant Ridge is a former community in the Town of Beetown, Grant County, Wisconsin, United States. Settled c. 1850 by a family of formerly enslaved African Americans from Fauquier County, Virginia, Pleasant Ridge was a rural community with a significant population of formerly enslaved people and their descendants. The community declined in the 20th century, and the last African-American resident died in 1959.
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 2, 2001. Retrieved August 21, 2020.